The Tri-City ValleyCats have launched an NCAA-style bracket competition among local media personalities to determine who will be graced with a bobblehead likeness this summer. I’m in the field, among …

Jack’s Diner in Albany, open since 1947 and owned for the past 46 years by John J. “Jack” Murtagh, is in the process of being sold. It has been closed in recent days but will reopen under a new owner, …